Car Accidents Prove Largest Killer in Harsh Weather Conditions Autos Articles | April 17 Sam Darnold Youth Jersey , 2013 Though recent weather disasters like tornadoes and Hurricane Sandy have inflicted serious damages and killed dozens of people over the past year, car accidents remain the most prominent killer in harsh weather conditions by a wide margin.
Though recent weather disasters like tornadoes and Hurricane Sandy have inflicted serious damages and killed dozens of people over the past year, demonstrating the deadly potential of Mother Nature, car accidents remain the most prominent killer in harsh weather conditions by a wide margin, says Plymouth University meteorology professor James Koemer, who is set to moderate the American Meteorology Society?s Washington Forum this week Le'Veon Bell Youth Jersey , where accident prevention will be the main focus.
Each year, more than 7,000 people are killed in weather-related accidents, according to data gathered by the Federal Highway Administration, which defines weather-related crashes as those that occur in adverse weather such as rain, sleet C.J. Mosley Youth Jersey , snow or fog, or on slick pavement. And yet despite this large number of fatalities, none are included in the National Weather Service?s annual death toll caused by weather, which usually reports death totals in the hundreds each year.
The reason for the omission, according to weather service spokesman Chris Vaccaro, is that ?The weather event must be an active agent in the fatality or injury. If heavy snow falls from a tree and crushes someone Curtis Martin Youth Jersey , that would be the snow killing the person. If the roads are slippery and someone crashes and dies, that would be the person?s driving too fast in the elements that killed the person.? As a result, many argue that serious dangers are being overlooked, such as Sheldon Droban, science program manager at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Colorado, who notes that ?there [is] no awareness of how big an issue it is.?
Confusing awareness is news media coverage of major highway pileups involving several vehicles Joe Namath Youth Jersey , which are responsible for only a fraction of accident fatalities. A large majority of deaths occur in one or two vehicle accidents that go largely unreported. ?There is such a focus on the big events, that to have one or two people dying at a time just isn?t a catastrophic event,? says Kevin Petty, chief science officer at Vaisala, a Finnish meteorology firm.
To help drivers understand the potential dangers, researchers at Vaisala are working to improve technology designed to share information between cars on the road about the weather. ?Cars themselves have the ability to sense what?s going on in the environment Trevon Wesco Womens Jersey ,? says Petty. ?The key is to share the information with the other nearby vehicles on the road, such as those following ten miles behind.? At NCAR, a system known as ?Vehicle Data Translator? is also being designed to give drivers real time information about road and atmosphere conditions.
This data translator system will allow vehicles to gather important weather information and broadcast it to others on the road through preexisting wireless networks. With this information, drivers can be notified of fog, heavy rain, black ice Chuma Edoga Womens Jersey , and other common accident causing phenomena in time to prepare for it. ?Cars have all these computes in them nowadays, and they?re incredibly complicated,? says Droban. ?They know all kinds of stuff that?s going on, but they don?t really share the information.?
Through an increase in awareness and the assistance of advance information sharing technologies, Professor Koemer and the American Meteorology Society are optimistic that improvements can be made, saving hundreds of lives each year. Though weather related car accident fatalities may never be included in national weather caused death statistics Jachai Polite Womens Jersey , the dangers are real, and should be treated as a primary issue in need of immediate attention.
Pokemon Go fans are excited by receiving the latest research quest of January as this time they have an exciting chance of winning an Aerodactyl which is a fossil type Pokemon.
In the previous Meltan research quest various players were unable to accomplish the quest and were depleted with the reward of additional spawn rate for the Lets Go event.
But now players have various separate to-do a list of Field research quest which players require to full fill and receive a different Pokemon for every successful quest completed.
With these new event players are capable of capturing a Pokemon forever successful task they accomplish and not like previous research events which required the entire to-do list to be completed to receive a reward.
Players will require fulfilling some tasks to receive amazing Pokemon to add to their team. Players who want to avail Pokemon like Omanyte, Kabuto or Aerodactyl, can refer the list of tasks below to receive their desired Pokemon.
1. To obtain an Omanyte, you require to win a level three or higher raid. 2. To catch an Aerodactyl player will need to evolve a Pokemon with the help of an item. 3. By finding any of the seven Dark, Psychic and flying type Pokemon players can gain an Anorith for themselves. 4. If you successfully make three great throws Quinnen Williams Womens Jersey , you can receive a Lileep or Anorith. 5. By winning five raid battles, trainers can get an Aerodactyl. 6. Trainers can catch a Kabuto if they first succeed in catching 10 ice type Pokemon.
In addition to these tasks, there are various other research quests as well which players can complete to achieve multiple other Pokemon as well. You can refer to the list below if you are willing to expand your team.